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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1691080, member: 1969"]
I agree with Pearl.   My main arguments since the last few weeks has been that the bubble would be weak and wanting to show that it is weak.   We were not a 100% out of it.   Create hope from that perspective only     I just wanted to present a way to discuss, identify and track Syracuse vs bubble teams.  .   But even in the end, I shied from making any definitive calls other than saying we have a decent chance because I was concerned how lower tier schools Wichita, St. Mary's, St. Bonaventure, Valparaiso, San Diego St, would get treated.

Alsacs went deeper and he was the one making the guarantees.     Alsacs probably compared us to every team I had on my final list of 13 at various points.   And each time he said we were ahead of them.    The reason each time was our quality of top 50 wins versus that other school.

And it's clear by how the committee chose the bubble that quality and quantity of top 50 wins was they key factor for how they separated the bubble.  It was why Tulsa and Temple got in.  And it was the basis that Alsacs was using.  And in reality, its the common basis they have been using for years.   Those saying we were just lucky -- no we were in a weak bubble, and had the key metric to withstand being on a bubble.
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